Triple
T387275
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Widener Library |
E8805
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
|
E49383
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Harry Elkins Widener | Statement: [Widener Library, namedAfter, Harry Elkins Widener]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Elkins Widener Context triple: [Widener Library, namedAfter, Harry Elkins Widener]
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A.
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist, art collector, and heir to the Mellon banking fortune who became one of the 20th century’s most influential patrons of the arts and education.
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B.
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.
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C.
Henry Lee Higginson
Henry Lee Higginson was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding and financially supporting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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D.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
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E.
George Palmer Putnam
George Palmer Putnam was a prominent 19th-century American publisher and bookseller who played a key role in shaping the U.S. literary and cultural landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Harry Elkins Widener Triple: [Widener Library, namedAfter, Harry Elkins Widener]
Generated description
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Elkins Widener Target entity description: Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
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A.
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist, art collector, and heir to the Mellon banking fortune who became one of the 20th century’s most influential patrons of the arts and education.
-
B.
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.
-
C.
Henry Lee Higginson
Henry Lee Higginson was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding and financially supporting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
-
D.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
-
E.
George Palmer Putnam
George Palmer Putnam was a prominent 19th-century American publisher and bookseller who played a key role in shaping the U.S. literary and cultural landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec5828d881909e8810061c02480c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a403500d048190874ff9e3078d86fe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4041ef2d8819086370c7f55887ae5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4048229bc8190afe728fce60b8eac |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:18 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.